Overpasses organization protests president on 9/11

An unscientific poll of Interstate 40 and Olsen Boulevard drivers Wednesday revealed the obvious: a lot of people in the Texas Panhandle would like to see President Barack Obama impeached.

A group of about a dozen protesters held a banner and waved signs on the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks asking, among other things, for motorists passing under and on the Olsen Boulevard I-40 overpass to honk if they wanted the President removed.

Harper, who has attended about half a dozen such demonstrations since July, said Wednesday’s gathering was part of the national movement Overpasses for America.

According to the organization’s website, overpasses.org, “Overpasses is a non-partisan grass roots movement made up of everyday Americans who understand the value of the U.S. Constitution. ... Government is the problem, and is in need of massive reform.”

Among their goals “is to see the corrupt Barack Hussein Obama held accountable for his many unconstitutional actions. We demand nothing less than he be given the maximum sentence allowable by law for each of his crimes committed while in the office of President, that he be given no pardon, nor granted immunity under any circumstance.”

Harper said Wednesday’s protest began about 4 p.m. and would run until about 8 p.m. She said the noisiest response came near 5:30 p.m., but it was still difficult at times conducting interviews on the sidewalk Olsen Boulevard.